MANAUS, Brazil
(AP) -- Landon Donovan is still the biggest name in American soccer.
He's just not playing for the U.S. at the World Cup.
So
an unfortunate tweet from Samsung Mobile Arabia went viral for all the
wrong reasons Sunday when the company posted: "Best of luck to Landon
Donovan & the USA team."
The 32-year-old
Donovan, the American career leader in goals and assists, was cut from
the squad last month. He was part of a Samsung ad campaign that included
the likes of Argentina star Lionel Messi and England's Wayne Rooney.
The
account also tweeted well-wishes to another endorser Sunday: "Cristiano
Ronaldo is all set for today's match. We wish Portugal team all the
very best." At least Ronaldo is indeed on Portugal's squad for the game
against the United States.
---
GOALS APLENTY
SAO
PAULO (AP) - With his team already comfortably qualified for the round
of 16, and only positioning at stake in a matchup with Chile,
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal turned his attention to World Cup games
at large, saying he was pleased with the offensive brand of football
seen so far.
"The forwards are proving
themselves here, especially the strikers who play in European leagues.
They've all scored, more than once," he said Sunday.
Van
Gaal had particularly warm words for German striker Miroslav Klose, his
former player at Bayern Munich, who with a goal against Ghana on
Saturday tied Brazilian great Ronaldo as the top career World Cup scorer
with 15.
"That is very impressive," Van Gaal said. "I congratulate him."
Van Gaal noted that Klose "comes on for two minutes - he's done it for me too- and scores."
No comments:
Post a Comment